A master of nonverbal humour
一、Language points
1. content
(1) adj. 满足的；满意的；自愿的
be /feel content with= be / feel satisfied with 对……感到满意
be content to do sth. 愿意做某事
(2) vt. 使满足
content oneself with满足于某事
(3)n. (容器等的)容量，容纳的东西；目录
__________________your present job?你对你现在的工作满意吗？
We should never ______________knowledge only.我们切不可满足于仅仅有一点书本知识。
2. astonish vt. 使吃惊；使惊诧
be astonished at /by sth.对某事感到吃惊
be astonished to do sth. 惊讶地做某事
astonishing adj.令人感到惊讶的是
astonished adj.感到吃惊的
astonishment n.惊讶
to one’s astonishment 令某事惊讶的是
He __________________to see his father here.在这儿见到父亲他感到惊讶。
She looked _________when she heard the news.她听到那消息显得很吃惊。
3. failure [U] 失败，不成功[C] 失败的人（事）
Success [U] 成功；[C] 成功的人（事）
______________________________. 失败是成功之母。
4. overcome v. 战胜；克服；征服；使深受影响
They_______the enemy in the battle.在这场战役中他们战胜了敌人。
She struggled to _________ her shyness. 她努力克服自己的羞怯。
5.convince vt. 使确信；使相信；使信服；说服；劝说
convince sb. of sth. 使某人相信某事
convince sb. to do sht. 劝说某人做某事
convince sb. that…使某人相信……
be convinced of / that…确信……
convincing adj. 有说服力的；令人信服的
He tried to ______her ___his honesty, but failed.他努力使她相信他的诚实，但失败了。
Her smile______ him_____she was happy.她的微笑使他确信她很快乐。
I______________his honesty= I _________________he is honest.我确信他是诚实的。
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6.up to now 直到现在（一般用于现在完成时）
____________________________到现在为止，我已见过两次。
7.pick out 挑出；辨别出
It took Mary a long time to _________a new dress at the store.玛丽花了很长时间才从那家商店挑选了一件新衣服。
8. cut off切断；断绝；中断；停止供应
cut out 剪下；删除；戒掉
cut across 走近路；取捷径
cut up 切碎；割碎
The village was __________by the heavy snow.那个村庄被大雪封闭，与世隔绝了。
9. badly off
(1) 贫困的；境况不好的
（比较级worse off;最高级worst off; 其反义词为well off ）
(2) be badly off for…缺少……
People in the flooded area _______________help.灾区的人们需要帮助。
We used to be ________,but now we are________.我们过去贫穷，但现在富裕了。
自我检测
I.单词拼写
1.This famous film was (导演) by Zhang Yimou.
2.I’ve been f to have so many good teachers.
3.The project has been set up to help the (无家可归的)people.
4Tom was too brave and (克服)a lot of difficulties last month.
5.Although he failed in the examination again , he knew the success came after many______(失败).
6.We can’t go abroad this year , we’ll have to c ourselves with a holiday in Beijing.
7.We were a that she appeared at the party .
8.Zhao Benshan is an actor whose h is known to us all.
9.That book was written by the o writer , which you should read.
10.I just wanted to e her but it seemed that I made her cry worse.
II.
2._________,they have learned about 3,000 English words.
3.He__________his job at the moment.
4.We may be poor , Harry , but we are not that _________.
5.I can’t stand people with no sense of _________.
6.The children quickly got ________with staying indoors.
7.It’s a large organization with offices_________.
8.He_________the ripest peach and handed it to me .
III.单词填空.
1.There was a ______carpet on the fioor of his living room.
A .Chinese beautiful green
B .green beautiful Chinese
C .Chinese green beautiful
D .beautiful green Chinese
2.He often listens to music in his spare time to _________himself.
A. entertain
B. encourage
C. educate
D. edit
3.——Can you lend me some money?
——I am ______than you. You know I live from hand to mouth.
A. better off
B. worse off
C. more badly
D. much poor
4.After a two-hour talk, she______ the truth of the report.
A. was persuaded
B. was believed in
C. was convinced of
D. was advised
5.If we are not _____ the progress we have made, we will have greater success.
A. interested in
B. strict in
C. popular in
D. content with
6. Can you _______you sister from that group of girls?
A. pick up
B. pick out
C. bring up
D. bring out
7. Our teacher looked here and there on the play gound________looking for something.
A. even though
B. even if
C. as if
D. if only
8.Success always comes after many_____, in other words_____is the mother of success.
A. failures; failure
B. failure; a failure
C. failure; failure
D. failures; a failure
9.I was late, but ______the meeting had n’t begun.
A. normally
B. usually
C. fortunately
D. finally
10.Learning experience happens to us________ our lives.
A. on
B. in
C.across
D. throughout
11.Neither the teacher nor the students are_____with the result of the experiment.
A. content
B. contented
C. contenting
D. satisfying
12. We were astonished _____the temple still in its original condition.
A. finding
B. to find
C. find
D. to be found
13.I was ________to hear the ________news that he was murdered.
A. astonished; astonished
B. astonishing; astonishing
C.astonished; astonishing
D.astonishing; astonished
14. In the face of _____ failure, it is the most important to keep up _____ good a state of
mind.
A. /;a
B. a;/
C. the ;/
D. /; the
15. As a businessman he was a success, but as a husband he was_____ failure, so their
marriage ended in _____failure.
A. /; /
B./; a
C. a; a
D.a; /
16.In face of danger, he ______all kinds of difficulties and succeeded at last.
A. got rid
B. did with
C. overcame
D. went over
17. Scientists are convinced______the positive effect of laughter_______physical and
mental health.
A. of; at
B. by; in
C. of ;on
D. on; at
18.I_______ a letter from Lily up to now, which makes me worried.
A. don’t receive
B. didn’t receive
C. have not received
D. had not received
19. It was so dark in the cinema that I could hardly______my friend.
A. turn out
B. bring out
C. call out
D. pick out
20.If you don’t pay your bill soon, you gas supply will be ______.
A. cut out
B. cut across
C. cut off
D. cut up
21.We shouldn’t com;oain about being poor--many families are much ____ than we are.
A. worse off
B. badly off
C. well off
D. better off
22._______I explained on the phone, you request will be considered at the meeting.
A. When
B. After
C. As
D. Since
23.European football is played in 80 countries, _______it the most popular sport in the
world.
A. making
B. makes
C. made
D. to make
24.The two strangers talked as if they _____friends for years.
A. should be
B. would be
C. have been
D. had been
25. The football player is rolling on the ground as if ______badly in the leg.
A. hurt
B. hurting
C. to hurt
D. hurted。
